Sources: BBC
Twenty-one government-backed fighters are killed during an ambush against a convoy in Baure, Katsina State, Nigeria. 2025-01-11
Eleven people are killed and several more are kidnapped as Boko Haram gunmen open fire against farmers working in their fields in Jere, Borno State, Nigeria. 2023-11-5
The ruling Nigerien military junta orders the ambassadors of France, Germany, Nigeria, and the United States to leave the country. France rejects the ultimatum, claiming they do not recognize its authority, while the US claims it has received no request to withdraw its personnel from Niger. 2023-08-25
Gunmen kill 19 in Kogi State of Nigeria. A church, a school and other buildings are torched. 2020-01-3
A suicide bomber attacks the Nigerian city of Maiduguri killing at least one person. 2015-07-11
Voters in Nigeria go to the polls for a general election. Gunmen kill at least 15 voters including an opposition house of assembly candidate for Dukku in Gombe. 2015-03-28
A suicide bomber kills at least 47 students at a school assembly in the Nigerian town of Potiskum in Yobe state. 2014-11-10
At least 21 people are killed in a gun attack on a church and later an Army patrol near the city of Okene in Kogi state, central Nigeria. 2012-08-7
Gunmen attack a police station in the Nigerian city of Kano, with Boko Haram believed responsible. 2012-01-29
1986 Nobel Laureate for Literature Wole Soyinka, the first African to receive the award, launches a political party ahead of Nigeria's upcoming presidential election. 2010-09-25